Director/PDMR Shareholding

Legal & General Group Plc
02 May 2008


Legal & General Group Plc

Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan

In common with all eligible employees, each of the executive directors of Legal
& General Group Plc ('the Group') has been invited to apply for partnership
shares under the Legal & General Group Employee Share Plan ('the Plan') on a
monthly basis.  On 2 May 2008, each executive director chose to contribute to
purchase the following partnership shares:
                                             Partnership Shares
C. R. R. Avery                                               99
T. J. Breedon                                                99
A. W. Palmer                                                 99
J. B. Pollock                                                99

The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each executive director received 16 matching shares.  The shares
were purchased at a price of 125.7p per share.

Following these awards, the executive directors have beneficial interests in the
shares of the Group (comprising shares, shares held by trustees within share
schemes or plans and share options) as set out below:-

        Name                       Shares          Shares in schemes or        Options          Total beneficial
                                                           plans                                    interests
                                    710,669                 212,917           282,572                 1,206,158

C R R Avery
                                  1,280,782                 406,382            87,880                 1,775,044

T J Breedon
                                    123,830                 283,390           782,829                 1,190,049

A W Palmer
                                    327,533                 172,841            17,583                   517,957

J B Pollock

The following Senior Managers also chose to take part in the Plan.  Each Senior
Manager chose to contribute to purchase the following partnership shares:

                                             Partnership Shares
M. J. Bolton                                                 99
C. A. Davies                                                 99
M. J. Gregory                                               100
G. J. Hoskin                                                 99



The Group matched these shares, on a one-to-one basis, up to £20 per month.
Accordingly, each Senior Manager received 16 matching shares, The shares were
purchased at a price of 125.7p per share.

Non Executive Directors' purchases

On 1 May 2008, the following non-executive directors of the Group purchased the
following ordinary shares of 2.5p each ('shares') in the Group at a price of
125.8p per share.

F. A. Heaton                        1,252
R. J. Margetts                      6,307
R.H.P. Markham                      1,252
R. H. Schmitz                       1,252
H. E. Staunton                      1,738
J. M. Strachan                      1,252
D. A. Walker                        2,811

Following these awards, the non-executive directors' current beneficial
interests in the Group now stand at:

F. A. Heaton                         93,807
R. J. Margetts                      550,799
R.H.P. Markham                       37,188
R. H. Schmitz                       101,168
H. E. Staunton                      120,475
J. M. Strachan                       79,754
D. A. Walker                        290,139





Julie Seabrook

Assistant Company Secretary

2 May 2008


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